Re:Is the Bay Area pushing people to the breaking point?
by slfnflctd on Monday March 25, 2019 @11:30AM
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If you aren't making at least $40k a year (with a low-stress job), you will mostly just be treading water covering the cost of daycare, and might as well stay home with the child. Unless you have other reasons to keep working besides cash flow.
Re:Is the Bay Area pushing people to the breaking point?
by maze-le on Monday March 25, 2019 @11:42AM
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>> If you aren't making at least $40k a year (with a low-stress job), you will mostly just be treading water covering the cost of daycare
Ahh, I see... That's actually a rational argument in favour of it. I sometimes tend to take conditions on this side of the Atlantic for granted -- like 90 € / month [+reduction for lower-income parents] for daycare / Kindergarten.
If one partner made enough to support the whole family and you had kids, then I imagine there are some families who would want a full-time parent caring for their kids vs relying on daycare/parents/nanny.